The concept of asteroid mining has captured the imagination of scientists, investors, and the public, promising a new ...

Robotaxis may be getting all the attention, but robotrucks are already carrying a heavy load of the work at mining and ...

As industries advance deeper into digitization, a world where robots are woven into the fabric of everyday operations is no longer science fiction.

That tension between urgent mineral demand and largely invisible deep-sea life sits at the heart of the deep-sea mining ...

This development is part of the ROBOMINERS project, which aims to refine this technology and incorporate it into a fully autonomous mining robot. These robots are not just for space mining.

5-23-16 update: Cyclone Space Mining was so close to big mining runs at NASA’s annual robotics competition. But, a broken frame disabled one of the team’s two robots during the team’s first run. Then, ...

To date, active interest in mining automation and robotics in South Africa has been cyclical: up, down, and now beginning another upswing. (Passive interest never went away.) ...

NASA has unveiled how its moon mining robot or In-Situ Resource Utilization Pilot Excavator (IPEx) will work on the lunar surface. This robotic system will support lunar digging, making it ...

The U.S. mining industry employed 634,600 people in 2014, according to data from the National Mining Association. It created another 1.3 million indirect jobs.

This year’s mission called for the robots to mine gritty, dusty simulated lunar soil and dump it into berms that could be used for lunar infrastructure. The robots built by Cardinal Space Mining and ...

There is a renaissance of interest in using robotics in mining in South Africa,” affirms Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Materials Science and Manufacturing Operational ...